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NASSER HUSSAIN Boycotts are not something to be taken lightly.
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SEPP BLATTER Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.
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SEPP BLATTER Because I love football and I love the footballers.
SEPP BLATTER To FIFA such transactions fall well short of minimum standards of decency. We can no longer merely a...
SEPP BLATTER There is a movement in club football, which I don't necessarily consider a prime example of soli...
SEPP BLATTER We need to start to deduct points from the team. It could also mean suspension. It could also mean e...
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SEPP BLATTER But if you have these attacks from inside the house you don't know how to defend. Especially when yo...
SEPP BLATTER We will use the technology in Germany next year if the experiment works. The technology will also be...
SEPP BLATTER That means it's no longer a theme for the World Cup.
SEPP BLATTER We will have a serious talk with them. Trust is good ? controls are better.
SEPP BLATTER At the standing areas, there is always movement. Sitting spectators are quieter.
SEPP BLATTER I think the national teams of Holland and England have reason to be worried. Even Italy might not ge...
SEPP BLATTER The game is now universal. Twenty-five years ago it was only for two continents, now it is universal...
SEPP BLATTER Liverpool have won everything but never a World Championship. I am sure in the future they will once...
SEPP BLATTER We now have this item in our files.
SEPP BLATTER There are different proposals. It certainly will be a mix of the performance from the last World Cup...
SEPP BLATTER They are a little too much the perfectionists. We still haven't found the optimal solution. If every...
SEPP BLATTER The red alert is on for Germany's World Cup committee.
SEPP BLATTER We will definitely use the technology in Germany next year if the experiment works in Peru,
SEPP BLATTER The FIFA World Cup is the perfect platform to send out this message to the whole world of football a...
SEPP BLATTER There are small technical items that need to be looked at but if we can come up with the right syste...
SEPP BLATTER In Germany they have to really try if they want to recreate what happened in 2002 in South Korea or ...
SEPP BLATTER The Germans picked a system I can't understand at all.
SEPP BLATTER Everything that happens in European football has an influence on global football. Can you conceive f...
SEPP BLATTER Fair play was trodden underfoot in Istanbul. We will take severe measures.
SEPP BLATTER Regulations concerning the use of photographs on the Internet are not open to further discussion.
SEPP BLATTER This latest incident happened to one of the world's top players, playing for a top team in a top lea...
SEPP BLATTER It is what a lot of clubs want at the moment. We need to reduce football so that there is a better b...
SEPP BLATTER I am sure there will be fair play this year.
SEPP BLATTER Obviously, you'll still need a few stars elsewhere in the world, but not the hundreds and thousands ...
SEPP BLATTER I have been given a very clear mandate with a high responsibility to reinstall harmony and confidenc...
SEPP BLATTER Fighting this scourge is one of our most important tasks. Whether associations, teams or players at ...
SEPP BLATTER I am so disappointed. It is a shame for football that in the year 2006, you still have racism.
SEPP BLATTER It would only be normal and it would show a little respect to the clubs that release their players t...
SEPP BLATTER We will be checking all stadiums at the beginning of next year, and within a period which we will st...
SEPP BLATTER German thoroughness will make sure that everything will work at the time of the kickoff. The Germans...
SEPP BLATTER Personally, I still think the idea of holding such a high-profile opening event is a good one.
SEPP BLATTER When I get attacks from outside the house, you can just close the house,
SEPP BLATTER The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world.
SEPP BLATTER Racism is if there are spectators or, outside the field of play, there are movements to discriminati...
SEPP BLATTER As long as you've got serious investors who wish to put money into football, I applaud. It prove...
SEPP BLATTER What logic, right or economic necessity would qualify a man in his mid-20s to demand to earn in a mo...
SEPP BLATTER The FIFA World Cup will be the single most watched sporting event by a worldwide television audience...
JOE NICKOLLS Any fan of U2 will realize that this decision has not been taken lightly. We will announce further d...
ARTHUR FOGEL Do not overlook them. They received an at-large bid, but they are not to be taken lightly. They are ...
CARROLL LAHAYE This year is crucial since there is strong competition. Nobody can take things lightly.
TARAN ADARSH We learned no team can be taken lightly.
CASSIE COOPER This was not a position to take lightly. He took a long time to make a decision.
MARGE EPSTEIN We don't know whether he has taken a decision yet, but we are watching the situation closely,
WESLEY CLARK “The worth of souls should not be taken lightly, for we all are God’s Children.” ~ Tom Baker
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN I am a vice president of FIFA; I have to be loyal to FIFA. But if there is a change I will gladly ac...
LENNART JOHANSSON I'm stunned FIFA made a decision like this so soon before the tournament and after two years of inte...
KLAUS WOWEREIT Moment of decision is very crucial.A moment of decision shapes your destiny.If decision taken wisely...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA![]()
We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL![]()
Think a hundred times before you take a decision, but once that decision is taken, stand by it as on...
MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH![]()
Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.
MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH The name doesn't roll off your tongue. But they played a mistake-free game. ... No one should be tak...
MIKE MODANO These grass fires are getting very deadly. They burn homes down, they kill people, so this is not so...
DAVE ABERCROMBIE Like a kite cut from the string, lightly the soul of my youth has taken flight
ISHIKAWA TAKUBOKU It would be wrong of us to take a decision today. No decision has been taken.
ADRIAN BEVINGTON Switching browsers isn't a decision we could make lightly. We would have to work with countless vend...
JAY LEAL It is often said that a wrong decision taken at the right time is better than a right decision taken...
PEARL ZHU At the end of the day, if there are truly ethical considerations, those have to override scientific ...
DAVID SAINSBURY, BARON SAINSBURY OF TURVILLE This action is unavoidable due to the illness of an immediately family member of one of the band. An...
ARTHUR FOGEL This action is unavoidable due to the illness of an immediate family member of one of the band. Any ...
ARTHUR FOGEL The teams have really taken off. And here the first sporting event on the new Spartan Field was a ne...
HALEY THOMPSON![]()
...love is like health. It is taken lightly when present and cherished when it departs.
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ The government has taken a very wrong decision.
BRINDA KARAT Judy Jacobs is not to be underestimated. She's a civic activist turned elected official and a season...
DESMOND RYAN![]()
The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken l...
GLORIA ESTEFAN We acknowledge that this has not been an easy decision for FIFA to take, which is all the more reaso...
TIMOTHY BALDING But that weekend a Black Eyed Peas concert and sporting events are still being held.
BRIAN POMPEII There hasnt been a slot machine assigned yet. They have the cart before the horse on this,
JOHN CORNISH The high command has taken a decision. That's it.
MOTILAL VORA![]()
There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
ABBY WAMBACH In the wake of recent experience, no one is saying that this threat should be taken lightly.
EDMUND DAUKORU We are tired. Tired - but beyond the sporting aspect, there's something more important.
LILIAN THURAM![]()
Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not so...
JOHN LYDON Cost is a consideration but you've got a breadbasket of considerations.
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We all know the personal relationship between Michel Platini and President Blatter. It was like a me...
CHUNG MONG-JOON![]()
A lot of its readers are of an age where they forget to cancel.
JERRY DELLA FEMINA In one sense it is a tough decision. No one wants to cancel two of its premier races, but in light o...
LOU RAFFETTO Take on the confront of leading your home nation from qualification right through to a virtual re-cr...
RAHUL KUMAR![]()
A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.
SALMAN RUSHDIE You can say what you like but we are looking at sporting destiny. Here is a young man for whom it al...
BOB DOZIER The Security Council's decisions are not a concern of FIFA. Iran will be welcome in Germany.
EMMANUEL MARADAS We are confident to win all matches here but we will not take Bangladesh lightly.
MAHELA JAYAWARDENE All issues have been sorted out and a decision has been taken.
PRAFUL PATEL It is a moment of decision that shapes destiny. Decision taken with a cool mind has long term implic...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA UK banks provide a crucial service to the community and our economic security depends on them. Amicu...
MARY ALEXANDER
SEPP BLATTER We did not undertake this decision lightly. In view of the financial considerations facing MAO (Miss...
JEFF VASSER It has been a major decision for me and not one that I have taken lightly, nor have I taken it in th...
NASSER HUSSAIN Boycotts are not something to be taken lightly.
STEVEN VAN ZANDT Balanced emotions are crucial to intuitive decision making.
MICHAEL D. EISNER And so I made the executive decision to cancel.
COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD FIFA's goal of making the world a better place through football cannot be achieved through our e...
SEPP BLATTER Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.
SEPP BLATTER What I am most proud of is the legacy of hope that FIFA and football leaves around the world. It mak...
SEPP BLATTER It is very important that football can see beyond religion but FIFA does not just ignore its impact.
SEPP BLATTER FIFA stands for discipline, respect, fair-play, not just on the field of play, but in our society as...
SEPP BLATTER Because I love football and I love the footballers.
SEPP BLATTER To FIFA such transactions fall well short of minimum standards of decency. We can no longer merely a...
SEPP BLATTER There is a movement in club football, which I don't necessarily consider a prime example of soli...
SEPP BLATTER We need to start to deduct points from the team. It could also mean suspension. It could also mean e...
SEPP BLATTER The 23 referees who will be in action in Germany are currently the best match officials in the world...
SEPP BLATTER But if you have these attacks from inside the house you don't know how to defend. Especially when yo...
SEPP BLATTER We will use the technology in Germany next year if the experiment works. The technology will also be...
SEPP BLATTER That means it's no longer a theme for the World Cup.
SEPP BLATTER We will have a serious talk with them. Trust is good ? controls are better.
SEPP BLATTER At the standing areas, there is always movement. Sitting spectators are quieter.
SEPP BLATTER I think the national teams of Holland and England have reason to be worried. Even Italy might not ge...
SEPP BLATTER The game is now universal. Twenty-five years ago it was only for two continents, now it is universal...
SEPP BLATTER Liverpool have won everything but never a World Championship. I am sure in the future they will once...
SEPP BLATTER We now have this item in our files.
SEPP BLATTER There are different proposals. It certainly will be a mix of the performance from the last World Cup...
SEPP BLATTER They are a little too much the perfectionists. We still haven't found the optimal solution. If every...
SEPP BLATTER The red alert is on for Germany's World Cup committee.
SEPP BLATTER We will definitely use the technology in Germany next year if the experiment works in Peru,
SEPP BLATTER The FIFA World Cup is the perfect platform to send out this message to the whole world of football a...
SEPP BLATTER There are small technical items that need to be looked at but if we can come up with the right syste...
SEPP BLATTER In Germany they have to really try if they want to recreate what happened in 2002 in South Korea or ...
SEPP BLATTER The Germans picked a system I can't understand at all.
SEPP BLATTER Everything that happens in European football has an influence on global football. Can you conceive f...
SEPP BLATTER Fair play was trodden underfoot in Istanbul. We will take severe measures.
SEPP BLATTER Regulations concerning the use of photographs on the Internet are not open to further discussion.
SEPP BLATTER This latest incident happened to one of the world's top players, playing for a top team in a top lea...
SEPP BLATTER It is what a lot of clubs want at the moment. We need to reduce football so that there is a better b...
SEPP BLATTER I am sure there will be fair play this year.
SEPP BLATTER Obviously, you'll still need a few stars elsewhere in the world, but not the hundreds and thousands ...
SEPP BLATTER I have been given a very clear mandate with a high responsibility to reinstall harmony and confidenc...
SEPP BLATTER Fighting this scourge is one of our most important tasks. Whether associations, teams or players at ...
SEPP BLATTER I am so disappointed. It is a shame for football that in the year 2006, you still have racism.
SEPP BLATTER It would only be normal and it would show a little respect to the clubs that release their players t...
SEPP BLATTER We will be checking all stadiums at the beginning of next year, and within a period which we will st...
SEPP BLATTER German thoroughness will make sure that everything will work at the time of the kickoff. The Germans...
SEPP BLATTER Personally, I still think the idea of holding such a high-profile opening event is a good one.
SEPP BLATTER When I get attacks from outside the house, you can just close the house,
SEPP BLATTER The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world.
SEPP BLATTER Racism is if there are spectators or, outside the field of play, there are movements to discriminati...
SEPP BLATTER As long as you've got serious investors who wish to put money into football, I applaud. It prove...
SEPP BLATTER What logic, right or economic necessity would qualify a man in his mid-20s to demand to earn in a mo...
SEPP BLATTER The FIFA World Cup will be the single most watched sporting event by a worldwide television audience...
JOE NICKOLLS Any fan of U2 will realize that this decision has not been taken lightly. We will announce further d...
ARTHUR FOGEL Do not overlook them. They received an at-large bid, but they are not to be taken lightly. They are ...
CARROLL LAHAYE This year is crucial since there is strong competition. Nobody can take things lightly.
TARAN ADARSH We learned no team can be taken lightly.
CASSIE COOPER This was not a position to take lightly. He took a long time to make a decision.
MARGE EPSTEIN We don't know whether he has taken a decision yet, but we are watching the situation closely,
WESLEY CLARK “The worth of souls should not be taken lightly, for we all are God’s Children.” ~ Tom Baker
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN I am a vice president of FIFA; I have to be loyal to FIFA. But if there is a change I will gladly ac...
LENNART JOHANSSON I'm stunned FIFA made a decision like this so soon before the tournament and after two years of inte...
KLAUS WOWEREIT Moment of decision is very crucial.A moment of decision shapes your destiny.If decision taken wisely...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL
Think a hundred times before you take a decision, but once that decision is taken, stand by it as on... MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH
Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man. MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH The name doesn't roll off your tongue. But they played a mistake-free game. ... No one should be tak...
MIKE MODANO These grass fires are getting very deadly. They burn homes down, they kill people, so this is not so...
DAVE ABERCROMBIE Like a kite cut from the string, lightly the soul of my youth has taken flight
ISHIKAWA TAKUBOKU It would be wrong of us to take a decision today. No decision has been taken.
ADRIAN BEVINGTON Switching browsers isn't a decision we could make lightly. We would have to work with countless vend...
JAY LEAL It is often said that a wrong decision taken at the right time is better than a right decision taken...
PEARL ZHU At the end of the day, if there are truly ethical considerations, those have to override scientific ...
DAVID SAINSBURY, BARON SAINSBURY OF TURVILLE This action is unavoidable due to the illness of an immediately family member of one of the band. An...
ARTHUR FOGEL This action is unavoidable due to the illness of an immediate family member of one of the band. Any ...
ARTHUR FOGEL The teams have really taken off. And here the first sporting event on the new Spartan Field was a ne...
HALEY THOMPSON
...love is like health. It is taken lightly when present and cherished when it departs. NAGUIB MAHFOUZ The government has taken a very wrong decision.
BRINDA KARAT Judy Jacobs is not to be underestimated. She's a civic activist turned elected official and a season...
DESMOND RYAN
The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken l... GLORIA ESTEFAN We acknowledge that this has not been an easy decision for FIFA to take, which is all the more reaso...
TIMOTHY BALDING But that weekend a Black Eyed Peas concert and sporting events are still being held.
BRIAN POMPEII There hasnt been a slot machine assigned yet. They have the cart before the horse on this,
JOHN CORNISH The high command has taken a decision. That's it.
MOTILAL VORA
There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold. ABBY WAMBACH In the wake of recent experience, no one is saying that this threat should be taken lightly.
EDMUND DAUKORU We are tired. Tired - but beyond the sporting aspect, there's something more important.
LILIAN THURAM
Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not so... JOHN LYDON Cost is a consideration but you've got a breadbasket of considerations.
TOM GRZYMALA
We all know the personal relationship between Michel Platini and President Blatter. It was like a me... CHUNG MONG-JOON
A lot of its readers are of an age where they forget to cancel. JERRY DELLA FEMINA In one sense it is a tough decision. No one wants to cancel two of its premier races, but in light o...
LOU RAFFETTO Take on the confront of leading your home nation from qualification right through to a virtual re-cr...
RAHUL KUMAR
A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second. SALMAN RUSHDIE You can say what you like but we are looking at sporting destiny. Here is a young man for whom it al...
BOB DOZIER The Security Council's decisions are not a concern of FIFA. Iran will be welcome in Germany.
EMMANUEL MARADAS We are confident to win all matches here but we will not take Bangladesh lightly.
MAHELA JAYAWARDENE All issues have been sorted out and a decision has been taken.
PRAFUL PATEL It is a moment of decision that shapes destiny. Decision taken with a cool mind has long term implic...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA UK banks provide a crucial service to the community and our economic security depends on them. Amicu...
MARY ALEXANDER
